In a product organization with multiple teams, it raises a choice - whether to have one or many product backlogs. They usually start with one product backlog, either because they start with one pilot team, or because their product starts small from one team. Later, some organizations choose to have
This is one article in a series that tries to see system dynamics behind various choices in organizing work, people and time. Among many choices in organizing people, feature team vs. component team is an important one. The below CLD (Causal Loop Diagram) illustrates the system dynamic around it. The
Feature team gains popularity, but the difference between feature team and cross-functional team is still confusing to many people. Surprisingly, I failed to find good reference to clarify it, thus I decide to write one. 1. Does Scrum require feature team? If you read Scrum Guide, the below defines the
Creating stable teams and having teams work from one priority are two critical ideas in large-scale product development. This means when we discover some work, we put it into the overall backlog with appropriate priority; then, all teams share same priority, and any team may do the work. However, two
Real development team is already rare, let alone real management team. When talking about real team, I mean that the group has common goal and takes shared responsibility. Usually, management team is not a real team, but a working group. This is indicated by every member having clear individual responsibility.
After almost 10 years, I got chance again to work on a LeSS Huge adoption. Facing different challenges and reflecting on my experience 10 years ago, I am proposing an experiment here to decouple line organization from requirement area. NSN experience In 2007, I experienced an organizational transformation in NSN
How often do you feel the discomfort? If it is everyday, you burn out; if it is seldom, you probably do not grow much. Sitting on the plane to visit a client in US, I felt discomfort, because of different culture, different language, and more. I expected this to come
In the recent email exchanges, one topic came up as whether introducing more coordination meetings and roles actually solves dependency problem or just "shifts the burden". Shifting the burden is one common system archetype, which consists of two balancing loops and one reinforcing loop. For the topic of
I visited a client recently on consulting LeSS. They assured me that they had feature teams in place, "they are stable as line organization unit, and the size varies from 10 to 15 people." The large size smelled. I learned further... It turned out to be like this.
In the context of multiple teams working on one product, I try to figure out where priority is set. I first ask, "do we have one priority at product level and shared by all teams, or do we have priority at team level?" The answer is often, "
In scaling environment, it is common that PSPI is not yet achievable in every sprint. Even though the ultimate goal would be the team producing PSPI at the end of every short (say, 2-week) sprint, we begin with imperfect Done, i.e. there is undone work between current Done and
The essence in PO role is to manage ROI - Return on Investment. While you are doing projects for clients, there is contract in between and ROI involves both sides, which makes who taking PO role more complicated than it is in product organization. We are going to look at